Flora Gosling
Aug 18, 20222 min
Review: Receptionists (Summerhall)
Two clowns play receptionists in a hotel. They are scared of customers. A description like that sells itself, doesn’t it?...
Flora Gosling
Jul 26, 20223 min
Review: Much Ado About Nothing (Bard in the Botanics)
Bard in the Botanics Bring out this Play’s Strengths, but Cannot Overcome Its Weaknesses
Sometimes a subplot is more interesting and...
Flora Gosling
Jul 11, 20223 min
Review: Cluedo (Theatre Royal Glasgow)
A Playful Adaptation of the Classic Board Game
If only more mysteries would colour-code their characters. Firstly, it would
Flora Gosling
Jul 4, 20224 min
Review: Catch Me If You Can (Theatre Royal Glasgow)
A Wife Lost in the Mountains and A Play Lost in Time
“Comedy’s not how it used to be.” “Theatre isn't as good as it once was.” “You don’t
Flora Gosling
Jul 1, 20224 min
Review: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Bard in the Botanics)
Why go to Glastonbury or Pride when you can go to Jennifer Dick’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream?
If you wanted to spend last weekend surrounded
Flora Gosling
May 4, 20224 min
Review: School of Rock (Theatre Royal Glasgow)
Adapting popular films for the stage is a double-edged sword. The novelty of seeing the same story on stage, often word-for-word, will...
Flora Gosling
May 4, 20224 min
Review: Groan Ups (Theatre Royal Glasgow)
Seeing Mischief Theatre’s Groan Ups is rather like when a much-loved band puts out a new album that is a little…different from what we...
Flora Gosling
May 4, 20223 min
Review: Press (Pleasance Courtyard)
Sometimes the drama surrounding film releases is far more entertaining than the picture itself. Some have a scandal from the set, such as...
Flora Gosling
May 4, 20222 min
Review: Fear of Roses (Assembly Roxy)
There’s something appealing and filling about a crime-comedy; full of power, murder, betrayal, and wit. In some of the classic neo-noirs...
Flora Gosling
May 4, 20222 min
Review: Sex Education Xplorers (S.E.X.) by Mamoru Iriguchi (Summerhall)
Most of our sex education at school that was, at best, flimsy. What our fourteen-year-old selves were told to expect about the sexes,...